Memorial Day may be unofficial start to summer but the first day of the season officially starts in June. Grab a calendar and pen and start planning your backyard barbecues, pool days and family vacations. When is the first day of summer? The first day of summer, also known as the summer solstice, is Thursday, […]
May 6—If Wagon Mound Public Schools were to shift to a five-day school week, Superintendent Anita Romero anticipated she would lose all but one of her district’s six high school teachers. She said she’d expect only two of her nine elementary school teachers to weather the transition. The others would quit rather than make the […]
When is the next big school break? In much of New York, students see two extended school breaks in the latter half of the academic year. The first is February break week – also known as Presidents Day break week in some districts and midwinter recess in others. But there’s a second break week that […]